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Come to your senses: enrich your life and learning
Emilie Sitzia researches how we can rediscover our senses and use them to enhance our learning. This resulted in a colourfully illustrated book, 'Come to Your Senses', a senses-based learning guide.
In Kerkrade, you can listen to the invisible universe
Thanks to the Einstein Telescope, we will soon be closer to unravelling the mysteries of the universe. Maastricht University and Discovery Museum in Kerkrade are joining forces to make this understandable for everyone.
9 December protest against higher education cuts in Amsterdam
With the additional education cuts from the Spring Memorandum still fresh in our minds and the formation of a new cabinet in full swing, AOb, FNV, LSVb, and WOinActie organise another protest on 9 December.
"During the day I study medicine. In the evening, I am on stage singing and dancing"
The 21-year-old medical student Jolijn van Vugt manages to combine her studies with singing and dancing at an advanced level. She dances at the Oxygen dance school in Maastricht and sings in the student band Tinnitus.
Legal thought made relevant and entertaining
Victor Hugo's conceptualisation of and influence on the law have been beautifully brought to life in the collaborative exhibition ‘Hugo and the Law’, which is now moving to the UM Library.
Can Europe resist the digital oligarchy?
Maastricht University researchers Valentina Golunova and Dani Shanley discuss the geopolitical and institutional consequences of the new ‘digital oligarchy.’ ‘‘When it comes to big tech, "Europe has been very naïve."